A two-year budget deal Congress approved early on Feb. 9 includes a series of Medicare extenders, provisions to extend and ensure reimbursements for telemedicine, the chronically ill, diabetics, and additional funding for children's health, the National Institutes of Health and those agencies affected by three 2017 hurricane disasters. The measure also includes a short-term spending bill that keeps the government funded through March 23.
The budget deal extends the current funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program from six years to 10 years, and provides the US FDA with an additional $7.6m under the...
